YWPN Alumni
How to Ace the Interview
Students will:
Receive best practices on how to prepare for interviews
Explore behavior-based interviewing and S.T.A.R. method responses
Learn key tips on how to excel in virtual and in-person interviewing
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Meet Sheliah
Sheliah graduated from Clemson University in 2012 with a degree in Accounting, while being a member of the track and field team. She is currently the owner of Intentional Growth Solutions, a leadership development firm, focused on intersecting personal development and career strategies. Sheliah started as a first generation college student and is now a motivational speaker with over 13+ years in the private sector (Accounting, HR and DE&I). She is on a mission to help underrepresented students and professionals activate their power to pursue their wildest dreams.
Most recently, her speaking abilities has allowed her to share wisdom with several academic and professional organizations. She has been a keynote speaker and panelist for: Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers, Clemson University Football Team, National Black MBA Association, University of Georgia, 100 Black Men of Atlanta, and Westside High School (SC).
Sheliah knows what it is like to feel overlooked and undervalued in the spaces where you give so much of our time and talents. Because of this, her goal is to help underrepresented students and professionals get unstuck and go after their best lives.
Creating Healthy Boundaries
As young girls, you may have received certain messages when trying to express yourselves, your emotional needs, or otherwise assert yourselves. You learned quickly and adapted then. But why is it so hard now, as an adult, to say no? Ask for help? Or communicate essentially any needs?
Setting and maintaining boundaries is a critical part of self-care and life balance. They are unique and personal, like promises made to ourselves. Which is why they can be made and held with confidence – that you are taking care of yourself with every boundary that you maintain. In this session we will explore why holding boundaries feels so uncomfortable, the role that stereotypical gender roles play, and how to set and maintain them with intention.
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Meet Angela
Angela Langer is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing as a psychotherapist, coach and consultant. She started practicing as a therapist in 2016 and quickly came to recognize common patterns in neurodivergent high achieving women. In 2019 she started her private practice and began to specialize in serving women with invisible differences who are burning themselves out trying to fit into an ideal.
Angela is driven by her mission to help women seeking to further liberate themselves from the constraints of gendered societal expectations and ableism and change the ways in which they experience therapy and self-help.
Investing Basics: Your First Steps to Financial Freedom
Texas Wall Street Women (TXWSW) was formed to bring together women in the finance industry no matter which specific area they are in. Our members come from hedge funds, private equity and venture capital firms, mutual funds, public pensions, endowments, foundations, wealth management firms, investment banks, attorneys, accountants, and other money-management and service provider firms. We also welcome those individuals in government and non-profit entities in the financial industry as well as students that wish to pursue a career in finance and those looking to return to the industry.
Meet Your Presenter, Kelly
When I was six years old, my mom helped me open a savings account. As a structural engineer she loved math, and I’d like to think this was her way of encouraging me to have an interest in numbers too. My mom was a high-achieving professional, one of very few women in her field of work, and her example gave me a sense of empowerment around using money as a tool and forging a path to cultivate my own financial resources.
In college I decided to channel those early interests into receiving a degree in Finance from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. From there I spent nearly 12 years at Dimensional Fund Advisors, a large asset manager whose long-term approach to investing relies on financial science instead of attempting to guess where markets are going next. Most recently I was a Regional Director and Vice President on the sales team and Lead Chair of the Women’s Inclusion Network for employees.